MaccBug
MacBUG is changing to CycleMacclesfield and will represent the interests of all types of cyclists and potential cyclists in the Macclesfleld area.
Letter from America
Ex-pat Polly Low reports from Washington DC. America’s love affair with the car is the stuff of legend. So it’s both a surprise and something of an embarrassment for a Mancunian to arrive in the capital city of this gas-guzzling, SUV-worshipping country, and find that the lot of the cyclist here is, in many ways, […]
Lookalike
From A comparison of transport in Europe Has anyone else noticed the uncanny resemblence between per-capita rates of bicycle use across Europe and the Happiness League Table as published in this BBC story ? Perhaps by chance they are related.
AGM – Monday 12th March
The guest speaker at GMCC’s AGM on 12th March is Manchester-based sustainable transport expert Richard Armitage who’ll talk about the city of Groningen in the Netherlands, probably the most bicycle-friendly city in the world. This will follow the brief AGM formalities, including the annual reports by officers, and the election of a Secretary, Treasurer, Membership […]
Cheltenham cycle planning conference
picture courtesy & © Roger Vaughan GMCC attended the annual CTC conference in November in the genteel surroundings of Edwardian Cheltenham. Over a 100 cyclists from around the country attended the event to hear the latest in cycling policy, planning and campaigning. Featured at the conference was a new function on the CTC website to […]
Why isn’t this happening in Manchester ?
Last June, Transport for London announced that the number of cycle journeys made in London had increased by 67 per cent during the past five years, and that the number of people killed on London’s roads fell by 21 per cent last year. In December, a report for the National Audit Office showed that 44% […]
Perth pedal paths (Australia)
Although the car rules in the sprawling metropolis of Perth, Western Australia regional government is making a pretty good go at promoting cycling.
Call a Bike (Germany)
Several German cities now feature Call a Bike schemes,cycle hire run by Deutsche Bahn – German Railways. We tried it – it works, in Berlin at least.
You’re not blocking the traffic.You are the traffic!
Chris, a long time GMCC member works out in Sri Lanka over Christmas in Matara on the southern tip of the island following a 2004 e.arthquake.
